8 months and 9 months!!

I was doing so good with my monthly updates on Hudson and things just got crazy busy and now I am super behind on blog posts.  So some updates on Hudson for his eighth and ninth months....By eight months he is crawling and climbing all over everything.  He often tries to climb back to the toy area by the little passage way between the couches and gets stuck.  By nine months he was pulling up to stand on EVERYTHING and walking along the couches.  If we put him on the little Ariel car he has learned how to push off with his feet and move himself across the kitchen.  He is now pretty much eating everything that we will let him have.  Whenever any of us are eating something he comes hurrying over saying "mmmmm" and stands there fussing at you until you share with him.  

He loves to sit in the cart at the grocery store and look around at everything.  It is fun except the other day he stuck his hand out of the side of the cart and we were just close enough that he grabbed a package of rice cakes and held on for dear life taking out about ten other bags.  Yeah I really have to watch for that.

He is finally sleeping in his room with Hunter and gets to sleep in his big crib.  I am not going to lie it was hard for me and I still miss having him in with us but it was time and he does great.  He always has been such an awesome sleeper.

We don't bust the gate out very often but when we do he is not a fan.  He stands at it and squawks at everyone passing by just to make sure they know of his irritation.

He is very curious and is always getting into things and wanting to see how they work.  However he continues to be so mellow natured.  Happy, happy baby.

He can wave, clap his hands, say mama and dada, loves peek a boo and pretending to "chase" the other kids around the house.  His favorite toy is a little plastic squid and he likes to "stir" with a spoon the magnet letters from the fridge in a mixing bowl.  He loves Deke to toss him up high into the air or get "horsey rides" on his back.  He loves to rough house already.  He will go to anyone and is super laid back.  He is such a snuggler and is just happy.  He continues to amaze Deke and I how strong he is and now that he is very mobile he is keeping us on our toes!!  Hopefully I will get some cute video of him posted soon.